SOLUTION: " The largest US standard postage stamp ever issued has a width of about 1 inch, which was 3/4 of the height of the stamp. Write and solve an equation to find the height of the st

SOLUTION: " The largest US standard postage stamp ever issued has a width of about 1 inch, which was 3/4 of the height of the stamp. Write and solve an equation to find the height of the st

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Question 582510: " The largest US standard postage stamp ever issued has a width of about 1 inch, which was 3/4 of the height of the stamp. Write and solve an equation to find the height of the stamp."
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the height of the stamp
given:
in
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Multiply both sides by
in
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